diff --git a/javascript/ui.js b/javascript/ui.js
index 611b70d1..ed9673d6 100644
--- a/javascript/ui.js
+++ b/javascript/ui.js
@@ -395,7 +395,16 @@ function update_token_counter(button_id) {
 
 function restart_reload(){
     document.body.innerHTML='<h1 style="font-family:monospace;margin-top:20%;color:lightgray;text-align:center;">Reloading...</h1>';
-    setTimeout(function(){location.reload()},2000)
+
+    var requestPing = function(){
+        requestGet("./internal/ping", {}, function(data){
+            location.reload();
+        }, function(){
+            setTimeout(requestPing, 500);
+        })
+    }
+
+    setTimeout(requestPing, 2000);
 
     return []
 }
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 842c57f7..34b2aaff 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -1958,3 +1958,5 @@ def setup_ui_api(app):
         return [QuicksettingsHint(name=k, label=v.label) for k, v in opts.data_labels.items()]
 
     app.add_api_route("/internal/quicksettings-hint", quicksettings_hint, methods=["GET"], response_model=List[QuicksettingsHint])
+
+    app.add_api_route("/internal/ping", lambda: {}, methods=["GET"])